Question

Helobial type endosperm is an intermediate between nuclear and cellular types and is characteristic of which taxonomic group?

Options

• Order Asterales of dicotyledons

• All gymnospermic seed plants

• Approximately 72 dicotyledonous families

• Order Helobiales of monocotyledons

Answer 1

Helobial type endosperm is intermediate between nuclear and cellular types and is characteristic of the order Helobiales, a group of monocotyledons representing approximately 19% of angiospermic families (e.g., Asphodelus, Eremurus).